FOR VETERANS – VFW Commander Joe Gentile, Dennis F. Thomas Post, lead a contingent of veterans to Monument Square in Centerville as part of Monday’s ceremonies.

President Kennedy still draws a crowd

Every Memorial Day, the town’s JFK Memorial TrustFund hosts a ceremony at the plaza above VeteransBeach in Hyannis in front of Agop Agopoff ’s handsomemedallion of President John F. Kennedy.

This Monday, residents and tourists mingled as they listened toformer town councilor Bob Jones recall the sacrifices made outof “love for our country and willingness to protect it at all costs.”

It’s a day, he said, “to open up our hearts for healing.”

An agent of that process may be Kaitlin Rockett, the BarnstableHigh School senior who received the Trust’s annual scholarshipaward. She’ll use it at Boston University where, she said, “Ihope I will be changed greatly by all the individuals I meet. Ihope to embody President Kennedy’s message of acceptancewherever I go.”